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Reflections
Advent Retreat: The Fourth Week of Advent
We've arrived at the final week of Advent. If you are following along with our Advent retreat, here is a brief reflection to begin this week. Please share your...
Examen
Releasing Our Captives
I like Phil Fox's Rose's column on practical spirituality on BustedHalo.com. Recently he wrote an article about the Examen in which he quoted this advice about self-scrutiny from a...
Reflections
Advent Retreat: The Third Week of Advent
Welcome to the Third Week of Advent! As we continue our Advent retreat, here's a brief reflection to start your week. Please share your retreat experience with others here...
Videos
Mary with a Russian Flavor
Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. It's the feast day of my parish, St. Mary Student Parish in Ann Arbor, which serves the University of...
Reflections
Advent Retreat: The Second Week of Advent
If you are following along with our Advent retreat, this is the place for brief reflections to jump-start your week. Please share your retreat experience with others here throughout...
Reflections
Desire for What You Want
Desire is a key concept in Ignatian spirituality; we've written about it frequently on dotMagis. (See, for example, here, here, and here.) When we find out what we really...